against the Giants in the World Series, the Detroit Tigers are taking ferocity lessons from their namesakes. Here, Rocky, a resident of Dade City Wild Things Zoo, instructs relief pitcher Phil Coke in the art of roaring in Lakeland, Fla.

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A penitent is nailed to a cross

during a realistic Good Friday re-enactment of the Crucifixion in the Philippine village of San Juan, San Fernando City. The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines frowns on such bloody displays of religious fanaticism.

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Calvary charge:

Pilgrims carry a cross on the final leg of the journey to Holy Island in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 50 people celebrated Good Friday by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Northern Cross pilgrimage.

Wonder how much the Giants spend cleaning seagull guano off the giant vintage glove in the left-field bleachers.

Heads up in the bleachers!

Wonder how much the Giants spend cleaning seagull guano off the giant vintage glove in the left-field bleachers.

Photo: Ben Margot, Associated Press

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If Luke, Arnold and Ripley don't show up soon, I'm totally screwed:

Famous sci-fi villains take a prisoner at the Canaan Fair, part of the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru.

If Luke, Arnold and Ripley don't show up soon, I'm totally screwed:

Famous sci-fi villains take a prisoner at the Canaan Fair, part of the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru.

Photo: Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press

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Pope Francis kisses the foot

of an inmate at the juvenile detention center of Casal del Marmo, Rome. Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates in a Holy Thursday ritual that he has celebrated for years as archbishop and is now continuing as pope. Two of the 12 were young women, an unusual choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of his male disciples' feet.

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Three for the space station:

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster and Soyuz TMA-08M spaceship blast off at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in this long time-exposure image. The Russian rocket was carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy to the International Space Station.

when the mascot falls asleep at center court. After they awoke the James Madison Duke Dog from his beauty rest, James Madison went on to defeat Fordham, 77-61, in a women's NIT game in Harrisonburg, Va.

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Tricky disc:

The 33-foot-wide stainless-steel disc "Sky Mirror" by British artist Anish Kapoor sits outside the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Convex and concave surfaces create constantly changing images on the disc as sun moves across the sky.